Joseph Faas

Joseph Faas (11 June 1898-1 July 1934) was a Sturmabteilung (SA) leader of Nazi Germany.

Biography
Joseph Faas was born on 11 June 1898 in Bad Homburg, German Empire. Faas served in the Imperial German Army during World War I on the front against the Russian Empire, and after the war he joined the Freikorps. He was a seasoned veteran of street warfare against the Spartacists and other communist groups, and he joined the Sturmabteilung and the Nazi Party under Adolf Hitler. Faas was a senior SA leader in Frankfurt, so when Hitler decided to erase the overly-powerful SA, he had Faas arrested in his house and executed outside on the night of 1 July 1934 in the Night of the Long Knives.